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School: An Clochar, Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 14952)

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Castleisland, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Caoimhín
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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Q. When is the clock hungry?
    A. When it is going to eight.
    Q. What is always behind time?
    A. The works of a clock.
    Q. What runs and has no legs?
    A. A river.
    Q. What number is finished by adding "A one letter?
    A. One add "D" and it is done.
    Q. What smells most in a perfumer's shop?
    A. Your nose.
    Q. A person makes it and does not wear it and a person wears it and does not see it?
    A A coffin.
    Q. In what month do babies talk least?
    A. February - the shortest.
    Q What do you see people drink soup with?
    A. Your eyes.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Griffin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Katty Mai Dillon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Caheragh, Co. Kerry